FTSE 100 up 0.3, FTSE 250 flat

June 16 Reuters UK39;s benchmark FTSE 100 opened higher on Friday on a boost from energy and mining stocks, while a slump in top building materials supplier Travis Perkins following a profit warning pressured the midcap industrials.

The resourceheavy FTSE 100 was up 0.3 at 0718 GMT. The exportoriented benchmark index was on track for a weekly gain, underpinned by miners and a weak sterling .

Miners and energy stocks tracked crude oil and metals prices higher.

The FTSE 250 midcap index was listless.

Shares of Travis Perkins dropped 7.4 to a sevenmonth low after the British company flagged its profit would be hit by challenges in the country39;s housing market.

ASOS jumped 6.2, extending gains from the previous session on a return to profitability, with RBC raising its price target on the online fashion retailer.

Investors keenly await domestic inflation data and a Bank of England rate decision due next week following a hawkish pause from the U.S. Federal and a 25basispoint rate hike by the European Central Bank this week.

Reporting by Ankika Biswas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry JacobPhillips

Source Reuters